What we have in 2 Samuel 21:1-14 is the curse that the Gibeonites had put on Israel because King Saul had violated the covenant Israel made with them under Joshua roughly 400 years before (Joshua 9:18-20).
Curses are real and have real consequences (2 Samuel 21:1, 2, 14; Leviticus 19:14).
Joshua pronounced a curse regarding the rebuilding of Jericho around 1400 BC (Joshua 6:26). Over five centuries later the conditions of that curse were met, and it was literally fulfilled (1 Kings 16:34).
Curses go out in time but do not become effective until the conditions are met (Zechariah 5:1–4; Proverbs 26:2).
The Lord Jesus Christ has taken our curses on himself and replaced them with his blessing (Galatians 3:10–13; Revelation 22:3).
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
